Malware analysis PerPLex.txt Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	PerPLex.txt
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a21a7d00-bff8-49b2-917f-ed57e1442ea1
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	January 22, 2025, 12:20:31
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	ASCII text, with very long lines (5113), with no line terminators
MD5:	276A184F0604D3FF80FBE367E29EB09D
SHA1:	64351B7D9CC460E7B85E8023D28C34D52F8A08B1
SHA256:	02E18588EB1D88236A91E4C0A398E7437E649D53231A2FCE4A1A0950A618BC81
SSDEEP:	96:MKz4k2xFHyjTo+omv6vdCQgng13wjBuKqTUEJiLwHj5jtJ4E5:p07xFaTo+oMa/wj0KqTFpHjlj

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 240 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 180 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Bypass execution policy to execute commands
  - powershell.exe (PID: 6688)
- Script downloads file (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
SUSPICIOUS
- Gets or sets the security protocol (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 6688)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
- The process executes via Task Scheduler
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
INFO
- The process uses the downloaded file
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 6688)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
- Uses string split method (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 6688)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - notepad.exe (PID: 4996)
- Manual execution by a user
  - notepad.exe (PID: 4996)
- Checks current location (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)
- Checks whether the specified file exists (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7116)

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No data.

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4996

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PerPLex.txt

C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Notepad

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

6688

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ep bypass C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PerPLex.txt.ps1

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

3221225786

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6696

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6768

C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows host process (Rundll32)

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll

7116

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

RuntimeBroker.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7164

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

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Total events

11 069

Read events

11 069

Write events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6688	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\ZBUIRFWW17B8P4FKHGUP.temp		binary
		MD5:D0827F291670ADBCBBED3F7FA5EF80DE	SHA256:F7FB7467C04C1459455A981B9C567FDD21AC1094E0C97E11B861EB99166FCCDF
6688	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dtzqqfk1.oeo.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\IB71P2NGMI1Q6MEGM3GW.temp		binary
		MD5:065966CBF83BC3E8EC6EDB05E697941B	SHA256:F92ACA1DA8E7A1BA00197AD07DCA5AA430AC4395484C6070BA1A1449D5F33487
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:065966CBF83BC3E8EC6EDB05E697941B	SHA256:F92ACA1DA8E7A1BA00197AD07DCA5AA430AC4395484C6070BA1A1449D5F33487
6688	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:D0827F291670ADBCBBED3F7FA5EF80DE	SHA256:F7FB7467C04C1459455A981B9C567FDD21AC1094E0C97E11B861EB99166FCCDF
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms~RF146a70.TMP		binary
		MD5:D0827F291670ADBCBBED3F7FA5EF80DE	SHA256:F7FB7467C04C1459455A981B9C567FDD21AC1094E0C97E11B861EB99166FCCDF
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache		binary
		MD5:3F95A05381C6D14195F6A1538F5FBADE	SHA256:0E753E9AD3EDE811C17D076B462F85321B8F559C2E462AF0990A1653573A525F
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_gna1s4yr.afk.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txt		text
		MD5:6A5186F1A0076D7C7D48768B34335178	SHA256:C82124B4854C14F9809B0F40D9C6855914539ADAB707222C3FB2887CD96298CA
7116	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_llfaqlrx.o5j.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
6548	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6548	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6356	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQQX6Z6gAidtSefNc6DC0OInqPHDQQUD4BhHIIxYdUvKOeNRji0LOHG2eICEA6ESAAbbvUDJWolPMZltMY%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.21.65.154:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	20.190.159.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
1076	svchost.exe	23.213.166.81:443	go.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
6548	SIHClient.exe	172.202.163.200:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
6548	SIHClient.exe	23.35.229.160:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
login.live.com	20.190.159.64 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.68 40.126.31.71	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245 2.23.77.188	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.213.166.81	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	172.202.163.200	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.223.36.55	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.74.47.205	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.21.65.154 2.21.65.132	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

PerPLex.txt

276A184F0604D3FF80FBE367E29EB09D

64351B7D9CC460E7B85E8023D28C34D52F8A08B1

02E18588EB1D88236A91E4C0A398E7437E649D53231A2FCE4A1A0950A618BC81

96:MKz4k2xFHyjTo+omv6vdCQgng13wjBuKqTUEJiLwHj5jtJ4E5:p07xFaTo+oMa/wj0KqTFpHjlj

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MALICIOUS

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

Script downloads file (POWERSHELL)

SUSPICIOUS

Gets or sets the security protocol (POWERSHELL)

The process executes via Task Scheduler

INFO

The process uses the downloaded file

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Uses string split method (POWERSHELL)

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Manual execution by a user

Checks current location (POWERSHELL)

Checks whether the specified file exists (POWERSHELL)

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